Synonyms Dictionary
3. respectable, reputable, creditable, estimable, meritorious, highly respectable, straight-arrow; law-abiding, law-loving; virtuous, righteous, uprighteous; chaste, sinless, spotless, pure, immaculate, unblemished, unstained, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, undefiled, unsmirched.
4. worthy, right, decent, good, SI. white; just, fair, impartial, equitable, objective, balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, even, evenhanded, Inf. level; straight, square, fair and square, square-dealing, plain-dealing, square-shooting, straight-shooting; unbiased, nonbiased, unprejudiced, nonprejudiced, nonprejudicial, unprepossessed, unjaundiced, open-minded; uninfluenced, unbought, unbribed, unswayed.
5. open, open and sincere, open-hearted, ingenuous, guileless, artless, genuine, sincere, undeceptive, undeceitful, undeceiving, unfeigning, undissembling, undissimulating; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, up front, out front, up and up, on the up and up, on the level, no-nonsense. honorarium, n. reward, recompense, remuneration, compensation; fee, salary, pay, payment, emolument; altarage, token acknowledgment, token of appreciation, Inf. a little something; tip, gratuity, douceur, Fr. pourboire, Ger. Trinkgeld, cumshaw, (in India and Turkey) baksheesh; bonus, extra, gift, present. honorary, adj. honorific, honorifical, Latin, honoris causa; titular, in name or title only, nominal; ex officio. hood, n. cowl, capuche, mantilla, veil, coif, wimple, headcloth; scarf, head scarf, fascinator, kerchief, head covering, rain bonnet or hat, southwester; bonnet, capote, calash, cap, hat. hoodoo, n. 1. bad luck, evil, vexation, bane, affliction, torment, harm, misfortune, calamity, trouble. 2. voodoo, conjure, rootwork; black magic, evil eye, evil star; jinx, hex, juju, fetish; bogy, bugbear, bugaboo, hobgoblin, imp, evil spirit.
-v. 3. vex, trouble, beset, annoy, harass, distress, Inf. jinx; curse, plague, blight, scourge, injure, harm, destroy, doom. hoodlum, n. 1. gangster, mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; murderer, killer, slayer, sniper, assassin; strangler, cutthroat, garroter; gunman, All U.S. SI. gun, hired gun, hit man, trigger-man, hatchet man, torpedo.
2. burglar, robber, thief, stealer; bandit, hold-up man, SI. stick-up man, armed robber; shoplifter, purse-snatcher, cutpurse, pickpocket; criminal, felon, convict, SI. jailbird.
3. rowdy, ruffian, tough, Inf. toughie, thug, mugger, SI. hood, SI. yap, Inf. plugugly, Inf. goon; hooligan, Chiefly Brit, rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, SI. bad actor, SI. gunsel, SI. mug, Australian SI. larrikin, Brit. Hist. Mohock, (in Paris) apache.
4. brute, bully, brawler, barbarian; savage, vandal, yahoo, SI. ugly customer; scoundrel, knave, wretch, Archaic, caitiff; blackguard, villain, hellhound, fiend; rascal, rapscallion, scamp, imp. hoodwink, v. 1. deceive, delude, bamboozle, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, throw dust in [s.o.'s] eyes, Inf. throw [s.o.] a curve; fool, Inf. fake [s.o.] out, take in, dupe, gull; trick, outwit, get the better of, pull a fast one on, Inf slip or sneak one by, Inf. put one over on; mislead, Inf. lead [s.o.] down the garden path, lead on, Inf. string along, take [s.o.] for a ride; trap, Inf rope [s.o.] in, entrap, ensnare; All Inf. fast-talk, flam, hype, jive, buffalo; All SI. con, snow, suck in, sucker in, U.S. murphy.
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